12/21/2021
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Happy Winter Solstice my friends!!
Every year I use this ceremony to help anchor in my intentions for the new year... Today the light begins to return to us, and to the ancients, this was our new year.
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The practice starts on Dec 21 with 3 days of intentionally creating a sphere of protection for your "seeds of intention." For these first 3 days, use your mind and intent to create the sphere, the nest, the womb that holds the seed. This is the incubation period. Stay focused on what you want to create for the new year and allow the dreams to surface.
Then second phase is the creation period, which are the following 13 nights, starting on Dec. 24. For this phase, set time at the sunset each evening- sunset is the beginning of each of 13- 24 hour cycles. Light a candle to honor the start of the cycle. Do any practice that calls to you, engage in a calm state of being. You can use an oracle- I like to draw medicine cards, at this time. You can also journal about what happens each day- noticing signs, metaphors, synchronicity and any dreams you had. The 13 days are a time to do this practice- whatever it is. It is a time to cultivate what you want to see happen in your life. Do not engage in what you do not want to have in your life. Make connections with those that you want to have in your life over the next year- bring your loved ones closer.
Know that the 1st night sets the tone for the next 12. You can use the information in 2 ways: 1) acknowledge the 1st night (Dec. 24) as opening night and each of the next 12 as corresponding to the upcoming 12 calendar months. 2) acknowledge each of the 13 nights as corresponding with the upcoming 13 lunar months. Notice the metaphor of each of the 13 cycles and the metaphor of the 13 nights as a whole. What happens in each of these cycles will correlate with the year to come.
I hope you take and enjoy this opportunity to create the life you want! Remember, the seed you plant now will come to flower, then to fruit, then to decay- then the cycle starts all over again.
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